@webarticle {687797,
	title = {How Israel{\textquoteright}s Declaration of Independence Became Its Constitution},
	journal = {Mosaic Magazine},
	number = {November 1},
	year = {2021},
	note = {Seventh part of a seven-part series.},
	abstract = {
	Israel{\textquoteright}s\&nbsp;proclamation of independence promised a convening within six months of a {\textquotedblleft}constituent assembly{\textquotedblright} charged with drawing up a constitution. But because of the war and then postwar politics, this never happened. A proclamation that was never meant to serve as the basis of law became a kind of quasi-constitution, retroactively vested with legal standing. Has the proclamation\&nbsp; stood up to this test? Is it really the ultimate bulwark of the Jewish and democratic state?



	Seventh part of a seven-part series.\&nbsp;

},
	url = {https://mosaicmagazine.com/essay/israel-zionism/2021/11/how-israels-declaration-of-independence-became-its-constitution/},
	author = {Martin Kramer}
}
